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BigFuture School and Connections for AP Terms

College Board offers the following educational services to your school (“School”) for students enrolled in AP courses at your School (“Students”), to help students navigate postsecondary and career pathways and to help K–12 educators and counselors serve their students' needs, including the App and Connections™ (both defined and described below) (collectively, “Educational Services”). These Educational Services* are entirely optional for school(s). If you select them for your School, the following terms and the AP Terms of Service apply, commencing on July 1, 2026, and expiring on June 30, 2027.

*Not offered as part of AP in New York at this time. There may be other exclusions. 

BigFuture School 

“App” refers to BigFuture School, a College Board mobile application, that Students age 13 and older can download from the App Store to access Educational Services. The App is only available for students enrolled in AP course(s) (as well as those taking SAT School Day, PSAT/NMSQT, PSAT 10 and PSAT 8/9 assessment(s)) pursuant to a separate agreement(s) between College Board and their educational institution. “BigFuture School” as used herein refers to the Educational Services provided on the App (including in-App notifications if the Student elects to turn on those notifications) and potential other channels, such as through a website portal exclusively for the Educational Services.  

To use the App, College Board will provide a secure method for the Student to access and authenticate their identity using information collected about them in My AP and the Educational Services. This may include Students providing a mobile number in My AP, with their phone number then being used to authenticate into the App. By providing their mobile number, the Student authorizes College Board to text them to download the app and authenticate into the App. College Board does not use these mobile numbers for any other purposes. Students are encouraged to provide an email address solely for App account recovery purposes. The foregoing is clearly explained to the Student. 

RECOMMENDATIONS: In BigFuture School, College Board may provide Students with educational information and recommendations about college and career options including, for example, AP Potential™, postsecondary options and opportunities, career pathways, scholarships, National Recognition Program potential eligibility, financial aid and paying for college information, and opportunities to participate in College Board research studies (collectively, “Recommendations”). In providing and customizing Recommendations, College Board may use in which AP courses the Student is enrolled and information collected through My AP Profile and through Students’ use of Educational Services. In the Recommendations, College Board may include third-party links to other sites that are not operated by us, including colleges, universities, scholarship organizations, and career information sites. College Board is not responsible for the content or operation of other websites, and links to other websites are not intended to imply endorsement of them by College Board.  

Connections 

Connections is a College Board program through which Students are provided information about nonprofit colleges, universities, nonprofit scholarship providers, and other government agencies administering educational programs (“Eligible Institutions”) and may receive preliminary offers of admission from nonprofit colleges and universities (“Participating Colleges”). Information provided to Students is based on criteria provided by those Eligible Institutions and Participating Colleges and Student information and interests. This may include: 

  • student interests, demographics, students' use of Educational Services, and other information collected by College Board through My AP Profile;  
  • students’ interests and preferences (such as through user controls within the App, through engagement in BigFuture School, and any updates students make to their information in their use of Educational Services); 
  • assessment score ranges the student received on past and future SAT, AP, PSAT/NMSQT, PSAT10 and PSAT 8/9 assessments;  
  • academic participation in AP classes (for AP courses in which they enrolled at your School or any schools that include Connections); and  
  • for preliminary offers of admission from Participating Colleges, assessment score ranges the student received on past and future SAT assessments may be used—race and ethnicity will not be used.   

College Board never shares Students’ personally identifiable information with Eligible Institutions or Participating Colleges as part of Connections. 

Connections is entirely optional, and Students must affirmatively opt-in and agree to College Board’s use of their information as described above for Connections if they wish to participate. Students can opt-in in My AP, in the App, and may be able to do so through other channels.  

Students can opt-out of Connections at any time using any of the multiple methods provided, including an opt-out feature within the App, an unsubscribe option from Connections emails, and by contacting College Board’s customer service. Students can also choose to remain in Connections but opt out of individual communications channels (emails and in-App). 

Opted-in Students may receive information from and about Eligible Institutions and Participating Colleges in the App (including in-App notifications if the Student elects to turn on those notifications) and by email, subject to the Student providing their email and/or downloads the mobile application, all of which are optional. Eligible Institutions do not know the identity of a Student to whom information is delivered unless and until the Student chooses to provide their personal information directly to the Eligible Institution or Participating College, which the Student can only do outside of the App and outside of the Educational Services. A Student may be able to link from the App or email to further content within BigFuture School or to an external webpage or webform hosted by that Eligible Institution or Participating College. Any preliminary offer of admission will include a school-specific website link through which the Student may share their information directly with the Participating College, after which the Participating College may inform the Student about any next steps to enroll, as well as to be considered for any financial aid. College Board may track Students’ access to such links/webpages for purposes of reporting and analytics, but College Board will not disclose such information to Eligible Institutions or Participating Colleges other than in de-identified and aggregated form.  

Content provided to Students through Connections is created by Eligible Institutions and Participating Colleges and may include text, images, videos, and interactive elements. While Connections may be personalized by College Board (e.g., student name at the top of an email) through automated means, College Board is not responsible for and does not create, edit, or approve the content. Notwithstanding the foregoing, College Board may send a communication to the Student alerting them that information through Connections is forthcoming and/or available in BigFuture School for them to access.  

For Students who receive a preliminary offer of admission, there is no guarantee of admission, scholarships, or financial aid and it may require them to complete additional steps to accept the offer as defined by the Participating College(s). The Participating College(s) may also require confirmation of information it relied upon in making a preliminary offer of admission, such as requiring the Student to submit their final transcript to complete the admissions process. Each Participating College makes the decision on preliminary offers of admission. College Board is not involved in any of the selection or decision making by the Participating College(s).     

Additional Details Regarding Educational Services: 

There is no incremental cost for Educational Services. You may direct College Board to automatically exclude your Students from the App and/or Connections as part of their AP course experience within the settings page(s) in AP Registration and Ordering at any time.  

  • If you choose to opt out of the App for Students, then the Students will not be presented with an opportunity to use the App or Connections through their AP course experience. If the Student was already using the App or participating in Connections through another school or other College Board program (e.g., the SAT Suite), they may continue to do so, but no student data from My AP nor their enrollment in an AP course at your School will be used in the App or Connections upon College Board’s implementation of your opt-out.   
  • If you choose to include the App but opt out Connections for Students, then the Student will be presented with the opportunity to use the App but not participate in Connections as part of their AP course experience. If the Student is already participating in Connections through another school or other College Board program (e.g., the SAT Suite), they may continue to do so, but no student data from My AP nor their enrollment in an AP course at your School will be used in Connections upon College Board’s implementation of your opt-out. 

College Board shall provide you with reporting on your Students’ use of Educational Services, with the content and cadence within College Board’s sole discretion.  

Students may have opportunities to link from BigFuture School to BigFuture and to other college and career planning services on College Board’s website, www.collegeboard.org. Those services are not part of Educational Services and do not use student data collected through AP courses or any data privacy agreement/addendum that your School, District, or State department of education may have with College Board (“DPA”). Students use BigFuture in their personal capacity and may need a personal College Board account to use certain features. Students may also have opportunities to copy data from their personal College Board accounts to Educational Services for use in the Educational Services. Such data copies shall be considered part of Educational Services, and those copies are subject to the same privacy rules as student data collected in My AP. collegeboard.org/privacycenter

Data Privacy and Security Information 

College Board Collection, Use, and Disclosure of Data:

You and College Board agree to comply with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. s. 1232g, and its implementing regulations, 34 C.F.R. pt. 99 (“FERPA”), as applicable. College Board will be considered a "School Official" (as that term is used in FERPA) and will comply with FERPA as applicable.  

College Board collects certain information from Students during AP course registration in My AP to provide AP courses, including the Educational Services and to communicate with Students about them. For Students who use the Educational Services, they may be able to update certain of this information within the Educational Services, if they so choose. You acknowledge and agree that the data collected through the Educational Services is subject to these terms, which are further described within College Board’s privacy policies, available at https://privacy.collegeboard.org.  

Specifically, of the data College Board collects in My AP, the following may be used for the Educational Services, with those asterisked required. 

  • *Enrolling school 
  • *AP Course enrollment 
  • *First name
  • *Last name 
  • Nickname 
  • Gender 
  • *Email 
  • *Home address 
  • *Attending institution 
  • *Grade  

College Board may collect additional data and information from Students in their use of the Educational Services, as further described in these terms. 

College Board may collect, retain, use, and share Students’ personally identifiable information for the purposes outlined below. 

  • Educational Services: Data collection and use for Educational Services are described in these terms. 
  • Research: College Board may use de-identified student data for its internal research purposes. College Board may use de-identified data to demonstrate the effectiveness of College Board programs and services. College Board may also use data to maintain, develop, support, improve, and diagnose our services and applications. 
  • Operational Third Parties: College Board may use and disclose personally identifiable information to third parties providing services to College Board as necessary for its provision of the Educational Services. These vendors cannot relicense, sell, rent, or otherwise repurpose the information. These organizations have contractual requirements to protect personally identifiable information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.  
  • Other: College Board may disclose student data as required by law, when we believe in good faith that it is necessary to protect our rights, protect an individual’s safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request. 

College Board may retain information as needed for legitimate educational purposes, provide services to students or their educational institution, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce College Board’s agreements.  

You acknowledge that Students may desire to continue and further develop a direct relationship beyond their engagement in Educational Services for the purposes of Students’ college and career readiness by utilizing College Board’s services available to all students. The terms and conditions of any DPA related to the collection, maintenance, use, and disclosure of data shall only apply to the data College Board receives in connection with the Educational Services which are subject to any such DPA. No provisions in any DPA are intended to address or cover data that College Board has, or may receive, for services which are outside the scope of any DPA or agreement with College Board.